Voices of migrants
Subtitle: rural-urban migration in Costa Rica
By: Paul Kutsche.
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Gainsville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
Subjects: Rural-urban migration -- Costa Rica.; Urbanization -- Costa Rica.; Migration, Internal -- Costa Rica.
Description: "Verbatim or near-verbatim 1981-84 interviews with 14 Costa Ricans (ten men, four women) provide information about life histories of migrants to San José. Strong opening chapters provide the context for migration and the interview-years. Conclusion relates their narratives to Costa Rican 'exceptionalism' and other value-patterns"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-226) and index.